Knowledgeispower
Ah I love the smell of missile spam in the morning
That's a earlier scene during the Falcon being en route to AlderaanI thought that was supposed to be a welding mask, so he actually wouldn't be able to see.
That's a earlier scene during the Falcon being en route to AlderaanI thought that was supposed to be a welding mask, so he actually wouldn't be able to see.
Stormtroopers actually demonstrate extremely high accuracy compared to real-life soldiers, and Luke's "I can't see a thing in this helmet!" was pretty clearly because he was a hick farmboy who didn't know how to actually use the helmet's HUD and vision enhancement systems.
I thought Dark Troopers were the elite infantry forces of the Galactic Empire?
Different helmet friend. That was the one on the Falcon Obi-Wan had him put on for lightsaber practice.I thought that was supposed to be a welding mask, so he actually wouldn't be able to see.
If you had seen solo, they show the actual imperial Army.I thought Dark Troopers were the elite infantry forces of the Galactic Empire? My understanding of the Galactic Empire's military forces is:
- Imperial Army: Stormtroopers (stock infantry force)
- Imperial Navy (the guys with helmets in the Tie Fighters, Tie Bombers, etc).
- Imperial Officers (IIRC General Veers commanded a fleet and led the AT-AT assault on the Rebel base on Hoth). It seems that there aren't "Navy Officers" and "Army Officers", but just Imperial Officers and they have authority over the grunts of either branch. The men in uniforms (same uniforms the navy officers on the ships wear) at the Imperial base on Endor were giving orders to Stormtroopers.
- Emperor's bodyguards
I suspect JJ Abrams is being extremely diplomatic here -- they absolutely did have a plan for the sequel trilogy, it's just that Rian Johnson literally gets off on taking over collaborative series by going out of his way to derail the plot.
Yes and no. The Eclipses and Sovereigns were the size of the Executor Super Star Destroyers and their superlasers had only a fraction of the Death Star’s power. So they were a lot more plausible and a lot less OP. Never mind that the Empire only had a few of them instead of a whole fleet.I would point out that Death Star Destroyers were an end goal all the way back in the EU with the Eclipse and Sovereign class Star Destroyers. Also, fitting mini-superlasers on the smallest and most prolific platform they can is actually a relatively sensible use of the things; far more so than the actual Death Stars.
A grand total of six between the two classes as I recall where laid down with none of the 4 Sovereigns being actually completedYes and no. The Eclipses and Sovereigns were the size of the Executor Super Star Destroyers and their superlasers had only a fraction of the Death Star’s power. So they were a lot more plausible and a lot less OP. Never mind that the Empire only had a few of them instead of a whole fleet.
A grand total of six between the two classes as I recall where laid down with none of the 4 Sovereigns being actually completed
Yes and no. The Eclipses and Sovereigns were the size of the Executor Super Star Destroyers and their superlasers had only a fraction of the Death Star’s power. So they were a lot more plausible and a lot less OP. Never mind that the Empire only had a few of them instead of a whole fleet.
It's still enough to blow up a planet, which the Legends equivalent ships could not do.The power level of the superlasers on the Xyston class Star Destroyer isn't explicitly specified, and the visuals seen during the destruction of Kijimi do imply substantially lesser power level than the Death Star 1 -- the DS1 shot *instantly exploded* Alderaan, whereas the Xyston shot had to drill into the planet for a moderately extended period of time and tore it apart at a much slower expansion velocity.
It would also help sell their idea as having learned from the mistakes the empire made in a subtle way, considering the Empire lost two Death Stars to fighter attacks in 3 years. It also would give you a setpiece battle location for the climax of Ep. 9 if no, this time you really can't destroy the planet-cracking superweapon from fighters. It has to be conquered and decommissioned. Boom, instant reason for a great big space fight on the surface/inside the halls of Starkiller complete with suitably dramatic locations for climactic lightsaber duels.
Never mind that I find it more plausible for a superlaser to need a much larger ship than an Imp Star Destroyer to house it, and the need for said huge ship makes the superlaser tech more balanced.